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Graham Cawte

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Graham John Cawte is an award winning English actor, best known for his critically acclaimed performance in the National Film Academy Best Drama nominated film 'Little Pieces." Born in Fareham, Hampshire in 1961, the eldest son of John Cawte and Sheila Geary, he has a daughter Kelly, son Alexander, and a granddaughter Eleanor. Graham has featured in over 100 films, including, 'Emotional Motor Unit, Westover and Cat Skin'. Graham has performed regularly in Interactive and Immersive Theatre, Musicals and Pantomime, including playing 'Brannigan' in Guys and Dolls, 'Mercutio' in Romeo and Juliet, and 'Boss Mangan' in Heartbreak House. Graham is represented by David Stinson of The David Stinson Agency, a proud member of Equity. Graham has appeared on Television in the U.K, U.S, Australia, India and Japan, he has also featured in Corporate Training Videos for many well known blue chip companies. Graham is a very experienced Drama Teacher, who has taught children aged 6 to 18 years old in both LAMDA and Trinity Guildhall Syllabus. Away from acting, Graham is also a qualified swimming teacher and coach and runs 'Graham Cawte Total Swimming' and is Head Coach of Bassett JSF Swimming Club in Southampton. He has represented Great Britain at both World and European Swimming Championships.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Abby Fitz

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Abby Fitz is an Irish actress, born in 2001 in Wexford, Ireland. Her full name is Abby May Fitzmaurice. She has been acting since she was 4 years old. Acting career: Ryan Tubridy's "Late Late Toy Show" advert (2009). Ispcc's advert and Poster Campaign (2016). Holly Reid, in season 2 of the German TV series "Der Irland-Krimi" (2021). Ellie Woods in the Irish horror film "The Cellar" (2022). Cara Lockley in the TV Mini Series "Redemption" (2022). Alison in "Double Blind" (2022, post-production). Training: Drama Workshop Programme from the Waterford Youth Arts organisation (WYA).
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Scott Glenn

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Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1939) is an American actor. His roles have included Pfc Glenn Kelly in Nashville (1975), Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Emmett in Silverado (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), John Adcox in Backdraft (1991), Montgomery Wick in Vertical Limit (2000), Roger in Training Day (2001), Ezra Kramer in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Kevin Garvey Sr. in The Leftovers (2014–2017), and as Stick in both Daredevil (2015–2016) and The Defenders (2017).
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Sophie Dahl

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Sophie Dahl (born Sophie Holloway; 15 September 1977) is a British author and former fashion model. Dahl was born Sophie Holloway in London to the actor Julian Holloway and the writer Tessa Dahl. As a child, Sophie attended 10 schools and lived in 17 homes in various locations including London, New York, and India. Dahl often spent time at both her maternal and paternal grandparents' houses in Great Missenden and Angmering respectively. Dahl has noted that her childhood was "an odd one, but with such magic". Her maternal grandparents were the children’s author Roald Dahl and the American actress Patricia Neal. Her paternal grandparents were the actor Stanley Holloway and former chorus dancer Violet Lane. Dahl was the inspiration for Sophie, the main character in her maternal grandfather’s book, The BFG. She is married to singer Jamie Cullum, and has two daughters. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tara Macken

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Tara Macken is an American stunt woman and actress. She has done stunt work on more than 20 films and television series, including Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D as a stunt double for Alexa Vega, Nikita for Maggie Q, and G.I. Joe: Retaliation for Élodie Yung.Macken has also been featured as an actress in the series Sons of Anarchy and Hawaii Five-O, among others. Additionally, she provided motion capture work for the 2012 video game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Macken appeared in the 2012 film The Hunger Games as the District 4 tribute, and her stunt work was featured in Battleship and in Star Trek Into Darkness. She is of Irish and Filipino descent. She graduated from International School Manila in 2004. Macken now lives in Marina del Rey, California.
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Jeremy Shamos

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Jeremy Shamos (born February 22, 1970) is an American actor. Shamos was born in New York City but raised in Denver, Colorado. He has a M.F.A. from New York University. Shamos is a character actor. His most notable roles are Craig Kettleman on Better Call Saul, Johanes Karlsen in Nurse Jackie, and Ralph in the film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Shamos is also a stage actor, starring in productions including Steve Martin's Meteor Shower, Clybourne Park for which Shamos was nominated for a Tony Award, The Qualms, The Assembled Parties, Dinner with Friends, 100 Saints You Should Know, and Elling.
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James Brown

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James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The Godfather of Soul"(GFOS). Brown started singing in gospel groups and worked his way on up. He has been recognized as one of the most iconic figures in the 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing. He was also called "the hardest-working man in show business". Brown began his professional music career in 1956 and rose to fame during the late 1950s and early 1960s on the strength of his thrilling live performances and string of smash hits. In spite of various personal problems and setbacks he continued to score hits in every decade through the 1980s. In addition to his acclaim in music, Brown was also a presence in American political affairs during the 1960s and 1970s.
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Taylor Dayne

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Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman; March 7, 1962), also known as Les Lee, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame in 1987 after her debut single "Tell It to My Heart". She achieved six additional U.S. top-10 singles, including "Love Will Lead You Back", "With Every Beat of My Heart", "Prove Your Love", and "I'll Always Love You". In late 1987, she scored her first major hit when her debut single "Tell It to My Heart" reached No. 7 on the Hot 100. She then went on to have a string of hits in the late 1980s and early 1990s, including the No. 1 Billboard hit "Love Will Lead You Back". Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine. These include most recently, the 2011 American and international hit "Floor on Fire" and the 2008 song "Beautiful", which reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. She has also topped the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart three times.
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Joan Weldon

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Joan Weldon (born as Joan Louise Welton on August 5, 1933, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television actress. She began her career singing in the San Francisco Grand Opera Company chorus. Later she became a contract actress with Warner Bros. where she remained until her contract ended in 1954. Her most prominent film was the cult thriller Them! She resumed her career as a singer in road company productions including The Music Man and Oklahoma!. Weldon retired in 1980. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Weldon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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